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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699‐0301
January 6, 2012
Contact: Mark Johnson
Office: (919) 733‐5612
Leading Republican Legislator: “Suspect of Education”
Republican Legislators Show True Colors
RALEIGH – A Republican leader in the General Assembly this week made comments that explain the devastating cuts Republicans inflicted on our schools; those cuts threaten our children’s future: they are “suspect of education.”
Rep. Tim Moffitt, Republican chairman of three committees who fellow Republican leaders also appointed to the early childhood education committee, finally put into words why Republicans slashed education, from pre-k through college. Their cuts have led to larger class sizes, thousands of teachers and teacher assistants on the unemployment line and massive tuition hikes.
“I am very suspect of early childhood education,” Moffitt said. “I am very suspect of education in general.”
Gov. Perdue issued the following statement:
“These comments, while at least candid, reflect the philosophy that has driven the Republican leadership in the General Assembly to inflict devastating cuts to our education system that could cripple our children’s future and our ability to grow jobs and the economy in North Carolina.”
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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699‐0301
January 6, 2012
Contact: Mark Johnson
Office: (919) 733‐5612
Leading Republican Legislator: “Suspect of Education”
Republican Legislators Show True Colors
RALEIGH – A Republican leader in the General Assembly this week made comments that explain the devastating cuts Republicans inflicted on our schools; those cuts threaten our children’s future: they are “suspect of education.”
Rep. Tim Moffitt, Republican chairman of three committees who fellow Republican leaders also appointed to the early childhood education committee, finally put into words why Republicans slashed education, from pre-k through college. Their cuts have led to larger class sizes, thousands of teachers and teacher assistants on the unemployment line and massive tuition hikes.
“I am very suspect of early childhood education,” Moffitt said. “I am very suspect of education in general.”
Gov. Perdue issued the following statement:
“These comments, while at least candid, reflect the philosophy that has driven the Republican leadership in the General Assembly to inflict devastating cuts to our education system that could cripple our children’s future and our ability to grow jobs and the economy in North Carolina.”
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